So you want to try spray tanning? ...You want to have a little color, so the dress is the ONLY thing that's WHITE!...but you've never tried it before? Even if you have, here's 14 great tips (or reminders) before your Big Day! Please think wisely when using your own tanning methods.
Before Tanning:
1. Do not try anything new 2 weeks prior to your wedding!
2. Every spray tan salon is different; the sprays will react to each skin type differently, so if you find a spray tan you like, stick to that tanning salon.
3. Spray tanning lasts about 7-10 days. Certain Medications including female hormone replacement therapy (Premarin) or anti-depressants could inhibit spray tanning, or cause it to fade faster.
4. You'll definitely want to exfoliate your body before going to get sprayed. Do not use an oil-based exfoliant. Don't use any lotions, deoderant, or perfumes of any kind before you get sprayed. Check with the tanning artist to make sure whatever lotions you use will not cause the tan to streak.
5. Shave any facial or body hair where the tan will be applied. Shaving takes off skin, so the tan will last longer if that whatever you need to shave is shaved before the tanning process.
6. Bring dark and loose clothing to wear immediately following the service.
After Tanning:
7. DHA will stain silk and leather material so we do not suggest wearing either of these fabrics for 12 hours following the application. If your car seats are leather, wear long pants or place a towel over the seat.
8. Avoid touching your skin in the areas that have been tanned. Doing so can easily turn the palm of your hands/fingers a brown color.
9. Avoid sweating or raising your body temperature.
10. Do not shower for 6-12 hours, this allows the clear formula (DHA) to develop
11. Do not be afraid of water: the cosmetic bronzer will rinse off in the shower and cause tea looking water to wash off of you, what's left is your real tan.
12. Do not use a lufa, avoid alphahydroxy and glycolic (soaps that have lots of bubbles/foam) unless you want to exfoliate your skin before the next tanning session.
13. Stay out of really hot shower, steam rooms, jacuzzis. The more dry your skin becomes the faster your tan will fade.
14. DO use sunscreen and/or lotion. Just because you're tan, doesn't mean your skin is protected in the natural sun. Keep your skin moist for a longer lasting tan, but check with your spray tan technician, just to make sure your lotion will not have any problems with your new tan.
About Spray Tanning:
Spray tanning has come a long way! Solutions used to be smelly, orangey, and leave streaks…but no more!
Our Spray Tanning Solution has 2 main ingredients. The first is a clear, active agent in our product: DHA (Dihidroxyacetone) which is a natural substance derived from sugar beets. DHA works with the amino acids in the skin, causing a chemical reaction that turns the skins upper layers into a tan, just as the sun would. This reaction occurs in the upper layer of the skin so with natural exfoliation, the tan will be sluffed off after 7-10 (sometimes longer if you take care of your skin).
Secondly, the DHA is mixed in with a bronze color so we can see where the product is going. This product gives you an immediate “cosmetic” result, and allows us to see where we are applying it. However this product washes off when you shower (hours later) leaving the “tan” (DHA that mixed in with your skin).
When you're naturally tan, you tan from the inside out and the DHA causes the same reaction on your skin. The only difference for a spray tan to a real tan is that a real tan goes deeper into the skin’s layers, therefore you stay tan longer. As your skin sluffs off, the lower layers are tan as well, so a real tan lasts longer. That’s why our formula looks natural and not orangy or streaked.
Here's what our clients are saying about us!
I was beginning to loose my tan, so I decided to try a spray tan, it looked even, natural, and best of all it didn't stink. I got it done during the week and it was only $25, AND she came to me!
- Mariah
Very professional and super sweet! Marzette gave me the perfect tan-very even!
-Summer
